The old guys — Shaq, Ben Wallace, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas — are quickly wearing down. It's the first year they aren't among the premiere centers in the league. It's largely because they've just gotten old, but it's also because everyone else has gotten so much better.

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I thought Z was still putting up decent numbers, but I'll admit that Shaq and Ben have not shown much so far.

I used to think that firing people at Xmas is cruel, but not so much anymore. We spend the first 6 months of the year paying taxes, I would hate to get fired in July, when my taxes are all paid up!

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I think i'm the only one who would be absolutely terrified if they hired LB as their coach. He's a nutcase yes, but a damn good playoff coach. I feel like we would have the most difficult time beating them (more so that we do already )

I think i'm the only one who would be absolutely terrified if they hired LB as their coach. He's a nutcase yes, but a damn good playoff coach. I feel like we would have the most difficult time beating them (more so that we do already )

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Pistons already beat an LB team back in 03 when he was with the Sixers.

Depends on what LB they get. If they get the one we had in 03/04 then he could really shape that team up. Given they way he is most of the time, clashing with the front office and whatnot, I can't see Paxon going for it.

Of course its going to have to wait until next year in either case. Be intestesting if they even make the playoffs this year.

Paxson should be the one going as well. He built this team. He signed Ben to that horrible contract. He drafted another Ben prototype in Noah. He gave up Aldridge. He gave up on Chandler. I could go on...

Paxson should be the one going as well. He built this team. He signed Ben to that horrible contract. He drafted another Ben prototype in Noah. He gave up Aldridge. He gave up on Chandler. I could go on...

I didn't realize how far Ben Wallace has fallen. His rebounding is now 28th in the NBA at 8.4 per game. Even McDyess (204) has more rebounds than Ben (201). Perhaps Skiles took more blame than he deserved...

I didn't realize how far Ben Wallace has fallen. His rebounding is now 28th in the NBA at 8.4 per game. Even McDyess (204) has more rebounds than Ben (201). Perhaps Skiles took more blame than he deserved...

I think i'm the only one who would be absolutely terrified if they hired LB as their coach. He's a nutcase yes, but a damn good playoff coach. I feel like we would have the most difficult time beating them (more so that we do already )

Thinking about it more, the CHI players have proven that they're not mentally touch at all. LB might be more likely to break them than anything else. Although, he does have insider knowledge of our players though.

Apparently the one immediate change that Boylan is making will be to move Gordon into a Manu role off the bench, with Duhon replacing him in the starting lineup. Paxson says here that he wants to see the younger guys play more (I think that mostly means Thomas and Noah)...BUT...only "if things don't start to turn around to where we play better and win more games." Bulls fans want those guys getting more of Big Ben's minutes right now, so they aren't likely to be very happy with this.

Apparently the one immediate change that Boylan is making will be to move Gordon into a Manu role off the bench, with Duhon replacing him in the starting lineup. Paxson says here that he wants to see the younger guys play more (I think that mostly means Thomas and Noah)...BUT...only "if things don't start to turn around to where we play better and win more games." Bulls fans want those guys getting more of Big Ben's minutes right now, so they aren't likely to be very happy with this.

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I still maintain that Noah is way over rated.

Other than his running ability and ability to jump up and down and wave his hands in the air to get the crowd psyched up, I was not impressed with his game when he was at Florida.

Other than his running ability and ability to jump up and down and wave his hands in the air to get the crowd psyched up, I was not impressed with his game when he was at Florida.

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Noah is probably the Varejao type of the player - high energy, some hops, gets the boards and quite limited offensively. It wasn't what Chicago needed already having Thomas and Wallace. Don't you think they'd love to have someoneo like Stuckey to penetrate and dish to all their shooters?

Noah is probably the Varejao type of the player - high energy, some hops, gets the boards and quite limited offensively. It wasn't what Chicago needed already having Thomas and Wallace. Don't you think they'd love to have someoneo like Stuckey to penetrate and dish to all their shooters?

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Are you suggesting that we trade Flip Murray to the Bulls for Noah? Great idea.